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State Highway Reliability Report - Wisconsin

The information below summarizes the TPM Highway Reliability performance measures, which include two highway reliability measures and one truck travel time reliability measure. Per 23 CFR 490, State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are required to establish 2- and 4-year targets for these measures. The targets should represent the anticipated condition/performance at the mid-point and end of the 4-year performance period. State DOTs establish targets at the beginning of each 4-year performance period, and report on progress every two years. When establishing targets, State DOTs have the flexibility to use the methodology they deem most appropriate. FHWA encourages States to review data sets and trends and consider factors that may affect targets. Performance targets should be data-driven, realistic, and attainable and should align with the performance management framework and legislative intent.

The targets and discussion of basis for targets, optional adjustment of targets, progress, and planned activities were provided by the State DOT in its most recent biennial performance report. FHWA has not edited this information. It is provided to help bring context to the State DOT's performance targets and progress. The data in the tables and graphs is from the biennial performance report or HPMS data submittal as noted below each measure summary. Any questions about the information should be directed to the State DOT.

Data reported by State DOTs was collected in the previous year, representing the condition/performance at the time of collection. Thus, in the tables and graphs below, FHWA labels data with the year representing the condition/performance, rather than the year the data was reported. The same thing is done for the targets--the year represents when the corresponding actual condition/performance data will be collected, not reported. More Information.

Significant Progress Determination
FHWA determines significant progress for these measures after the mid-point and end of each performance period. A State has met or made significant progress toward target achievement if “actual” condition/performance is equal to or better than the established two-year target or “actual” condition/performance is better than baseline performance 23 CFR 490.109(e). As provided in 23 CFR 490.107(b)(2)(ii)(A), baseline condition/performance is derived from the latest data collected through the beginning date of the performance period. FHWA will classify the assessment of progress toward the achievement of an individual 2-year or 4-year target as “progress not determined” if a State provides the extenuating circumstance information required in 23 CFR 490.109(e)(5), and FHWA accepts the information.

Most recent Significant Progress Determination for the Reliability measures

Most recent Significant Progress Determination for all applicable measures

  • Interstate Highway Reliable Person-Miles Traveled

    • Trend through 2025

      Desired trend: ↑

      Wisconsin % of Interstate Highway Reliable Person-Miles Traveled


  • Interstate Highway Reliable Person-Miles Traveled 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
    Condition/Performance 96.4 -- -- -- --
    Target -- -- 92.5 -- 93.0
  • Interstate Highway Reliable Person-Miles Traveled

    The Person-miles Travelled on the Interstate That Are Reliable (PMT-I) targets were set through a collaborative process taking into account past performance, especially the Mid-Performance Period and the Full Performance Period results, upcoming major construction projects and their anticipated impacts, and a cluster analysis. The cluster analysis indicated the existence of three main groups of segments those that are consistently reliable, those that are consistently unreliable, and those that have fluctuated between reliable and unreliable. Segments in the latter two categories were evaluated by a team consisting of WisDOT staff from various bureaus, Regional Planning Commission (RPC) staff, and consultant input. Anticipated performance (reliable or unreliable) in 2023 and 2025 was established based on trend analysis, construction history, upcoming construction project impacts, and engineering judgment. Segments that had been consistently reliable in the past were checked for upcoming construction project impacts.

  • Data Sources:
    Wisconsin 2022 Biennial Performance Report
    Wisconsin 2022 HPMS Data Submittal

  • Non-Interstate National Highway System (NHS) Reliable Person-Miles Traveled

    • Trend through 2025

      Desired trend: ↑

      Wisconsin % of Non-Interstate NHS reliable Person-Miles Traveled


  • Non-Interstate NHS reliable Person-Miles Traveled 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
    Condition/Performance 93.9 -- -- -- --
    Target -- -- 91.0 -- 89.5

  • Non-Interstate National Highway System (NHS) Reliable Person-Miles Traveled

    The Person-miles Travelled on the Non-Interstate NHS That Are Reliable (PMT-NI) targets were established through an algorithmic process developed collaboratively by a team consisting of WisDOT staff from various bureaus, RPC staff, and consultant input. The algorithm takes into account past performance, construction history, upcoming construction, and past performance of neighboring segments. Development of the algorithm incorporated uncertainty associated with the impact of increased National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS) probe data availability starting in 2021 as well as the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on traffic demands.

  • Data Sources:
    Wisconsin 2022 Biennial Performance Report
    Wisconsin 2022 HPMS Data Submittal


  • Interstate Highway Truck Travel Time Reliability (TTTR) Index

    • Trend through 2025

      Desired trend: ↓

       

      Wisconsin Truck Travel Time Reliability Index


  • Truck Travel Time Reliability Index 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
    Condition/Performance 1.20 -- -- --
    Target -- -- 1.30 -- 1.30
  • Interstate Highway Truck Travel Time Reliability

    The Truck Travel Time Reliability Index targets were set using index history as a guide, along with adjustments to account for upcoming construction and uncertainty related to traffic patterns and economic activity associated with aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 and 2025 targets anticipate a rebound in the TTTR metric to several hundredths above the 2018 and 2019 values. Major investments in the Interstate System in Wisconsin will be made during the performance period (I-41 North Leg of the Zoo Interchange, I-43 north of Milwaukee, and the replacement of the I-39/90/94 bridges over the Wisconsin River), but they will enhance relatively few miles, meaning a lower impact on this length-weighted metric.

  • Data Sources:
    Wisconsin 2022 Biennial Performance Report
    Wisconsin 2022 HPMS Data Submittal


Significant Progress Determination

This table shows FHWA’s most recent determination for the Infrastructure performance measures.

PLEASE NOTE: Each State’s performance target assessment is based on its own State-specific target methodology and program philosophy. Therefore, conclusions should not be drawn based only on the information in the Significant Progress Determination Results table. FHWA understands that each State’s program is unique and therefore does not prescribe a methodology for States to set targets. States have the flexibility to use the methodology they deem most appropriate when setting their performance targets. 

Wisconsin 2022 Full Performance Period Significant Progress Determination Results
Measure Area Measures Baseline Target Actual Better
than
Baseline?
Achieved Target? Made
Significant
Progress?
Consequences
[23 CFR 490.109(f)]
The performance of the National Highway System Interstate Travel Time Reliability 97.9 90.0 96.4 No Yes Yes None
Non-Interstate NHS Travel Time Reliability 91.23 86.0 93.9 Yes Yes Yes
Freight movement on the Interstate System Freight Reliability 1.16 1.60 1.20 No Yes Yes None

3 The 2-year condition/performance, in 2020 Mid Performance Period Progress Report, as the baseline condition/performance, as required in 23 CFR 490.105(e)(7)(iii).

Updated: 12/06/2023
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